I am joining the discussion about Discovery/royalties. Over the years I have provided music for 50+ of their shows across all their platforms (Animal Planet, Hg...
1) Hildur, can you elaborate on the sonic landscape that you created for Joker? It sounds so extraordinary!
Todd Phillips called me to ask whether I would be...
Yes, it went by so fast but it was so damn good. Huge thank you and enormous appreciation to Bernard Duc, Thomas Mikusz, Chandler Paul Polig and Spitfire Audio ...
Hey gang. During my recent whirlwind UK/US book promotion tours I attended a couple of conferences where I got to chat with a LOT of people. I even got to do so...
GEORGE, YOU WERE RECENTLY VOTED AS 'BREAKTHROUGH COMPOSER OF THE YEAR' BY THE IFMCA. YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!! I MEAN, ONE LOOK AT THE NAMES THAT WERE...
KURT, YOUR JOURNEY INTO MUSIC IS QUITE UNIQUE: FROM THE STREETS OF CHICAGO TO FRENCH CONSERVATORIES TO BMI AWARDS. PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT JOURNE...
1) HUMMIE, YOU COLLABORATED TWICE WITH LEGENDARY DIRECTOR MEL BROOKS FOR TWO CLASSIC MOVIES. WERE YOU AWARE AT THE TIME THAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD BE LABELED AS...
PAUL, YOU ARE BOTH A SUCCESSFUL COMPOSER AND AN INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL. HOW DO YOU BALANCE THOSE TWO ROLES AND DO YOU EVER FIND THAT THE ONE DR...
1. ADAM YOU ARE VERY PROLIFIC AND YOU HAVE COMPOSED FOR A HUGE VARIETY OF MEDIA: FILM SCORES, TELEVISION, GAMES, SONGWRITING etc. IS THERE A MEDIUM THAT YOU FEE...
1) MARCELLO, YOU ARE VERY PROLIFIC AND YOU HAVE COMPOSED FOR A HUGE VARIETY OF MEDIA-FILM SCORES, TELEVISION, BALLET COMMISSIONS, JAZZ ALBUMS, etc. IS THERE A M...
In preparation for the upcoming '5 Questions for...' interviews, I have been reaching out to numerous top composers and industry people to gauge their interest ...
1) JULIE, YOU HAVE RECENTLY PERFORMED WITH LEGENDARY COMPOSER JAMES NEWTON HOWARD. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT NEW TO PERFORMING AT AWESOME EVENTS, WHAT WAS IT LIKE...
1) EIMEAR, YOU HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING AND TOURING EXTENSIVELY WITH Tommy Tallarico's 'VIDEO GAMES LIVE' CONCERT SERIES. CAN YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON THE DEMAND/REAC...
RICHARD KRAFT (Director)
RICHARD, A SHOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE MEANS THAT RESPONSIBILITIES MUST BE DELEGATED TO ABLE INDIVIDUALS. YOU HAVE A KNACK FOR PUTTING TOGE...
1) MICHAEL. YOU RECENTLY ATTENDED THE Ghent Film Music Festival. CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON YOUR EXPERIENCES THERE?
Attending the World Soundtrack Awards in...
1) ROBERT, AFTER PRODUCING OVER 1400 FILM MUSIC ALBUMS FOR VARESE SARABANDE, YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY COLLABORATED WITH SOME PHENOMENAL COMPOSERS PAST AND PRESENT. ...
1) CHRISTY, YOU HAVE BEEN IN LA FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW AND YOU WORK FOR A VERY SUCCESSFUL LICENSING COMPANY. CAN YOU SHARE WITH US SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES OF...
1) JOEL, YOUR CAREER IN FILM/TV MUSIC HAS BEEN CONTINUING SINCE THE LATE EIGHTIES. AFTER SO MANY PROJECTS AND AWARDS, WHAT ARE SOME STANDOUT MOMENTS OF YOUR ILL...
1) MIRIAM, YOU HAVE SCORED AND RECEIVED EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR SOME INCREDIBLE DOCUMENTARIES. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE FASCINATING WORLD OF DOCUMENTARIES?
Star...
1) THE LEGENDARY FILM COMPOSER BERNARD HERRMANN ONCE SAID:
"To orchestrate is like a thumbprint. People have a style. I don’t understand it, having someone ...
1) DAN, YOU RECENTLY WROTE A SERIES OF ARTICLES IN THE SOUND ON SOUND
MAGAZINE, ABOUT LIBRARY MUSIC. WHILE I STRONGLY URGE ALL MEMBERS TO READ THOSE ARTICLES, ...
1) RYAN, YOU RECENTLY SECURED A MAJOR COLLABORATION WITH LUCASFILMS. CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON THAT?
I’m beyond loving composing STAR WARS: FORCES OF DESTI...
1) TOM, YOU PARTICIPATED IN SOME LEGENDARY PROJECTS WITH HANS ZIMMER. WHAT WAS IT LIKE BEING INVOLVED IN THOSE FILMS AND WOULD YOU RECOMMEND APPRENTICESHIP AS A...
1) LINDSAY, YOU RECENTLY HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS A FEMALE MUSIC SUPERVISOR THAT 'WE NEED TO KNOW'! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU BRING TO THE TABLE THAT MAKES YOU SOUGHT...
1) EDUARDO YOUR SAMPLE LIBRARIES ARE ENDORSED BY SOME OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER FILM/MEDIA COMPOSERS IN THE BUSINESS. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH YOUR PROCESS OF CRE...
1) LORNE, YOU ARE EQUALLY AT HOME SCORING GAMES, MOVIES AND TELEVISION SERIES. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARISE FROM EACH ONE OF THE ABOVE MEDIA?
T...
1) ANGIE, YOU ARE AN ESTABLISHED MUSIC EDITOR WITH OVER 45 FEATURE FILM CREDITS INCLUDING 'SEVEN' AND 'PITCH PERFECT'. CAN YOU DESCRIBE SOME OF YOUR RESPONSIBIL...
1) JOACHIM, YOU ARE A MULTI TALENTED INDIVIDUAL (COMPOSER, PERFORMER, ORCHESTRATOR) AND I WILL BEGIN THIS INTERVIEW CHATTING ABOUT YOUR STUNNING PIANO VIDEOS TH...
1) STEPHANIE, A FEW YEARS AGO YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE COVETED ‘SUNDANCE INSTITUTE’S MUSIC AND SOUND LABS’. CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON THAT EXPERIENCE?
Parti...
1) BILL, WHEN YOU FIRST MOVED TO LA YOU ACTUALLY DID SOUND DESIGN AND SFX EDITING. HOW DID THAT EVOLVE INTO THE FULL TIME COMPOSER GIG THAT YOU HAVE?
A frien...
1) STEVEN, LOOKING AT YOUR RESUME, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A CLUB DJ, MUSIC JOURNALIST, LABEL EXECUTIVE, HOWEVER NOWADAYS YOU RUN A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC SUPERVISIO...
1) MICHAEL, IF ONE CHARACTERISTIC IS CERTAIN ABOUT YOUR INCREDIBLE CAREER, IT HAS TO BE YOUR ABILITY TO COME UP WITH ASTONISHINGLY MEMORABLE THEMES. WHETHER IT'...
1) LYLE, YOU HAVE NUMEROUS DROOLWORTHY FILM/TV CREDITS AND YET YOU CAME TO THE SCENE FROM THE WORLD OF ROCK'N'ROLL. HOW DID THE MOVE COME ABOUT AND DO YOU SEE A...
1) BRUCE, YOU RECENTLY COLLABORATED WITH Seth MacFarlane ON A VERY UNIQUE PROJECT. HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT AND CAN YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO TH...
1) BETH, OVER THE YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN A PUBLICIST FOR ARTISTS AS DIVERSE AS BEAR MCCREARY AND CLIFF MARTINEZ. WHAT TRENDS CAN YOU SEE IN TERMS OF GETTING ONE'S...
1) DANIEL YOU RECENTLY SCORED A DISNEY MOVIE (PETE'S DRAGON). HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
Pete's Dragon was co-written and directed by David Lowery, my friend a...
1) JAKE, HOW DID YOU GET YOUR BREAK INTO THE WORLD OF TV ANIMATION? WORKING ON 'DINOTRUX' AND SO MANY OTHER SHOWS MUST BE A THRILL!
It is for sure! Somew...
1) TOMMY, YOU HAVE SPENT A DECADE OF YOUR LIFE PERFORMING WORLDWIDE THE MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED VG MUSIC WITH TOP NOTCH ORCHESTRAS. CAN YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON THE...
1) GARRY, YOU PIONEERED THE USE OF ORCHESTRAS IN VG MUSIC AT A TIME WHEN THE GENRE WAS NOT EVEN A GENRE! CAN YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF VG MUSIC AS ...
1) GREG, WHAT DOES THE JOB OF A SCORING MIXER ENTAIL? I BET THERE IS A LOT MORE THAN JUST RECORDING AN ORCHESTRA AND MIXING THE SCORE, RIGHT?
When you mix a...
1) PINAR, YOU BECAME A FILM COMPOSER BUT INITIALLY YOU WERE A PIANO PERFORMANCE MAJOR. WHAT WAS THE PIVOTAL MOMENT THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE FOREVER?
I have alw...
1) MARK, YOU ARE ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAILER COMPOSERS ON THE SCENE TODAY. A LOT OF MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A FORMULA FOR WRITING EFFECTIVE TRAILE...
1) MARCELLO, YOU ARE VERY PROLIFIC AND YOU HAVE COMPOSED FOR A HUGE VARIETY OF MEDIA-FILM SCORES, TELEVISION, BALLET COMMISSIONS, JAZZ ALBUMS, etc. IS THERE A M...
1. MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A TOP AGENT OF A-LIST FILM COMPOSERS. HOWEVER, LATELY YOU HAVE BEEN PRODUCING, DIRECTING EVEN, SOME AMAZING LIVE SHOWS! CAN...
1) BELINDA, IN 1979 WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED RECORDING MOVIE SCORES, MANY COMPOSERS YOU WORKED WITH, (e.g., JOHN BARRY, HENRY MANCINI, ELMER BERNSTEIN, JOHN WILLI...
1) AUSTIN, YOU WERE IN LONDON RECENTLY WHERE YOU RECORDED MUSIC FOR THE ASSASSIN'S CREED VIDEO GAME. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AT ABBEY ROAD AND WOR...
We begin a series of features about recording/scoring destinations in the U.S. and around the globe. The features are intended to inform everyone about choices ...
1) TINA , YOU WERE IN EUROPE RECENTLY WHERE YOU TOURED WITH HANS ZIMMER. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH HANS AND THE TOUR?
The tour was amazing ...
1) JOHN, OUT OF ALL THE FINE PEOPLE WE HAVE INTERVIEWED HERE YOU ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION WHERE YOU NOT ONLY COMPOSE FOR FILMS BUT YOU ALSO EDIT. AS COMPOSER OR...
1) YOU ARE A STRONG SUPPORTER OF USING LIVE MUSICIANS IN SCORES FOR GAMES. WHY DO YOU THINK IT MATTERS SO MUCH?
When it comes to making music, there can be n...
Adonis Aletras is a composer for film, television, games and records. His ability to easily collaborate and compose memorable music in a wide range of styles has made him one of today’s most sought-after composers. Adonis' music can be heard in numerous Emmy Award winning shows, both network and cable. He is a multi-instrumentalist, graduate of Berklee College of Music.
